Farewell to Winter Tablescape

I put together this little tablescape as a farewell to winter. The cheerful colors brighten my day. The cute little snowman mugs were a gift from a family friend and are some of my favorite things! The mugs pair well with the cranberry plates and glasses that I purchased several years ago from a local gift shop. The square white plates were purchased at Homegoods. I have a weakness for vintage silver plated flatware. I can hardly walk past it without purchasing more.   ...

Creating a Faux Tray Ceiling

I recently stayed in a lovely hotel room that had a great faux tray ceiling. It was very well done. By using a very large crown molding with the addition of trim on the ceiling you have the illusion of a tray ceiling.The walls were a buttery cream color, the ceiling was a creamy white, and the crown was also a buttery cream several shades darker than the walls. The addition of a 1 x 4 trim piece along the window wall brings the ceiling down and completes the look. Let’s take a closer look....

This Little Lamp of Mine

While I am in the middle of a major kitchen update project, I have to complete a few small projects along the way so that I can feel like I’m at least making some progress. This little lamp was one such project. It started out looking like this: It was a pretty quick and easy redo. I started by “pressing here” and removing this brass sleeve. Upon removing the brass cover, there are two screws holding the wires, one brass and one silver. Actually, one wire has ridges and the other is...

Updated Pantry Doors

As I mentioned in my last post, I am slowly updating our 25 year old home. I can see baby steps of progress and it is pretty slow going. I recently completed my update of the pantry doors.   It was hard to get a good photo since our pantry is located in the small hallway coming in from the garage to the kitchen. You can see the “before” in the shot below. As you see in the photo above, the door is a louvered door that was stained. You can also see that the carpet is in the process of...

Updated Lamp Tables

I am sssllllloooooowwwwwllllyyyy  updating our 25 year old home and I can only see baby steps of progress. Everything always takes longer than I thought because usually one small task leads to another along the way. I was recently able to update my living room lamp tables. Before, I simply had an inexpensive table with a skirt. Of coarse, I can’t fine my “before” pictures of the new table, but I found it in an antique store booth that was having a good sale for $40. I did have to do...